While Pennsylvania nursing homes and long-term care facilities already face major staffing challenges, the federal vaccine mandate and a new state-proposed minimum staffing requirement could devastate the industry.
President Joe Biden's 100 percent vaccine mandate for healthcare workers is expected to throw thousands of employees out of a job, in an industry that has struggled to find workers in the last decade.
Patients in hospitals who are ready to be discharged to a nursing home are stuck waiting in the hospital, searching for a nursing home that will take them.
Pennsylvania's Department of Health added a layer of complication to nursing home staffing by proposing a new minimum staffing requirement.
The Pennsylvania Health Care Association recently surveyed its members about the current state of long-term care.
96 percent of nursing home respondents said they would not be able to meet a 4.1 hours direct care per day staffing requirement if implemented today; 85 percent of nursing home respondents have limited or put on hold new admissions due to staffing shortages, and 50 percent of nursing home respondents currently have a waiting list for new admissions.
The Pennsylvania Department of Health also did not answer questions about what its plans are to fill any worker gaps in nursing homes and hospitals created by the vaccine mandate.
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Saturday, October 2, 2021
Biden's Vaccine Mandate Will Worsen Pennsylvania Nursing Home Staffing Crisis: Healthcare Association CEO
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